Ive been seriously thinking about moving out to Melbourne lately. Has anyone on here emigrated out there? Not sure how to go about it or wether ive got the bollocks to move to the other side of the world! Ive got a trade so I think that'll help me getting in the country. But more importantly how would I get my bikes over there? (and to phillip island!) Any help/advise would be appreciated, I cant decide
Never thought of it myself but I have had a friend emigrate to Australia, he says best thing he ever did. He went over for a few months first to test the water as they say. here are a couple of websites that may help http://www.workingin-australia.com/ http://www.emigrate-to-australia.co.uk/
Haven't gone myself, but my sons been there for six months now on a work visa. Finding work is easy if you're prepared to graft at anything (so far he's sold ice creams on bondi beach, worked in a call centre for visa, and currently he's driving a bus). It's pretty expensive compared to the UK at the moment, his weekend boozing has taken a hit. With skype and FaceTime it doesn't feel like he's that far away really, and if he decides he wants to stay I don't really have a problem with it, it's a day on a plane and a pretty neat holiday for me I reckon. I told him from the start to just go, and don't end up regretting not taking a chance. If I was 20 years younger I'd be gone!! To get the bike there, seems to be about £4k to £5k for sole use of a 20ft container, and 8-12 weeks for it to arrive, suppose you could move rest of your stuff with it as well, I reckon you'd get the contents of a three bed house in a 20.
Cheers for the info! Pete- I think id be better off selling the bikes and use the money to set myself up out there or get a bike out there first
Why not ride out there, then you just need one of these from Indonesia Where highly trained freight forwarders will carefully move your most prized possession
Hey mate happy to answer your questions, as I am Australian. I have lived in Melbourne and Adelaide so fire away mate! Also you would be better off buying a bike here.
Basically im just wondering what its like in Melbourne?. Obviously the weather is a big plus for me. 1) Im not sure wether to send my CV off to a few car dealers first and see if theres any interest or just fly out there and chance it. 2) Is there many good tracks in Victoria? Would love to try Phillip Island! 3) I think Id proberly rent a place at first. What good areas are there in Melbourne? Or should I say what areas to avoid? Lol
think you'd be better doing some proper research first,visa's,cost of living etc,try speaking to people that actually know rather than a biking forum,sure there will be info on emigration on a .gov web page somewhere . if you want to make a permanant move,just turning up an winging it isn't your best option,in fact you can't.
Thats just it I dont know anyone who lives out there. Worth an ask though but I havnt decided anything yet and wouldnt just move. Id need to save a bit more money if a were to move out and live comfortably. But your right I do need to research it fully.
right james what do you want to know? have a look here - Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection you need to have an occupation that is on the skills list, if so than you can apply for a visa, don't expect it to be cheap (£5K or so ) You could also get sponsored by a company, but I would advise against it as if they fire you or you decide to leave you have 90 ( I think its 90, just changed from 28 ) days to leave the country or find another sponsor, which isn't easy. Have a look here Moving to Australia - immigration, visas and expat forum PomsInOz, join up and introduce yourself with some questions. A lot on there will help you in the right direction Australia is an expensive place to europe at the moment, but with the dollar coming down prices are evening out a bit. Melbourne is a nice city, very metropolitan/european, I'm from sydney and have lived in melbourne, but will be moving to QLD in 2 years, I'm going for the warmer weather, sick to death of this crap european weather...... bikes and jetski's, that'll do just lovely for me
I hope you dont mind the heat then. We are suffering through our second heat wave in 2 weeks, currently it is 43degC
love the heat, lived in Oz for 14 yrs, spain for 6, so no problems with the heat, 43°, not that bad, in spain I got home at 3-4am from work and went swimming, it was in the summer still 28-31°, lovely!!!!!
You will love it then. This is inside my bike shed today, double doors and windows open so same as outside air temp.
Wouldn't do for me, I hate the heat if it gets above 25c, which is why we don't go abroad for our holidays So Australia for me would not be a good thing I guess I am just to conditioned to UK temps after all these years Roll on the spring
the weather is shit in melbourne , wet cold and dark all winter and fucking stinking hot in summer you will want to have a job before you get there its fucking expensive you have philip island and broadford thats it
philip island I would just fly in and rent one of there bikes, otherwise I wouldn't like melbourne either, give me the sunny coast or hervey bay, enough places to ride and jetski all year round that's some temp there mate, but I bet if I post one of ours up then you will sh*t bricks with -20 not being an abnormal night in the winter here and -5 to 0 a normal day
that's exactly wehre I'll be looking to move in 2 years, although I would consider Hervey Bay if I found the right business or place to rent... All depends on a few things, but we haven't got a set place where to go. I'll be flying in about 4 weeks prior to the rest of the family and sorting out a car and having a look around first.
